tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post2662524074076708575..comments2024-02-28T00:44:25.483-08:00Comments on Charlie Allen's Blog: 'HOME COOKIN TOO'....leifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-14028230317317194272019-01-25T16:08:27.906-08:002019-01-25T16:08:27.906-08:00I just came across this and chuckled at your comme...I just came across this and chuckled at your comment about not being able to paint a watercolor at night. I think that is the best of the three. I'd love it if you could contact me to tell me more about studying with my dad. Yes, Ed Reep was my father, and he did have a way of getting the best work out of his students. Are you working as an artist? I hope so. Susan Reephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077924673966133833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-50022749740333545992012-02-09T21:08:59.878-08:002012-02-09T21:08:59.878-08:00Hi,
Nice paintings, I especially like the train ya...Hi,<br />Nice paintings, I especially like the train yard and the Pasadena street scene.<br />Let me know if you are willing to part with either.<br />Mark Hilbertmark hilbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-4142143937509568942010-11-07T18:04:27.519-08:002010-11-07T18:04:27.519-08:00Wonderful work! I also studied with Mr. Ed Reep a...Wonderful work! I also studied with Mr. Ed Reep at East Carolina University. What a talent.Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754378183920962793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-67345968228996132292010-08-12T19:59:56.171-07:002010-08-12T19:59:56.171-07:00Taylor, just saw your comment on the watercolor of...Taylor, just saw your comment on the watercolor of the rail yard scene. The painting is now owned by my oldest daughter who is a ceramics instructor at Butte College, Chico, CA.. Online address, allenma@butte.edu. You may want to contact her. Thanks for the comment, and for the history of that area. Things in Calif. certainly have changed a lot since those postwar years!Charlie Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-13691258408185615302010-04-12T12:34:09.242-07:002010-04-12T12:34:09.242-07:00Hi Charlie,
I couldn't find an email address f...Hi Charlie,<br />I couldn't find an email address for you so I am writing here. I work for UCLA's Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP) and we actually do a lot of our work out of a historical warehouse that is featured in one of your incredible paintings. The warehouse I am talking about is the flat iron building to the right side of your 1947 painting of a rail yard. That rail yard is actually now the new Los Angeles State Historic Park. Much of the work we do directly involves the history of this area. Needless to say, we are extremely interested in your painting and would love to talk to you about it. I would really appreciate it if you could send me an email at tfitzgibbon@ucla.edu so that we can talk more about your amazing painting! Thanks so much Charlie!<br />Taylor Fitz-Gibbon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-12546310121491863642010-02-01T11:26:25.475-08:002010-02-01T11:26:25.475-08:00Fishing boat watercolor - I would like to be there...Fishing boat watercolor - I would like to be there.Svetlanahttp://www.etsy.com/shop/HannaRivkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-38914343907634837752009-12-06T13:06:45.384-08:002009-12-06T13:06:45.384-08:00RICH....Thanks for the comments. Ending a commer...RICH....Thanks for the comments. Ending a commercial job, not always a problem. Usually deadlines made sure it was ended. On most work, especially paintings, they're never really done! I've gone back years later and made small or major changes. Several around now that could use it. Again on commercial stuff, on almost every one in print, I saw things that could have/should have been better. Too late! Thanks again.Charlie Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-33115539883832049792009-12-06T11:58:26.968-08:002009-12-06T11:58:26.968-08:00These paintings are just gorgeous, Charlie! Each a...These paintings are just gorgeous, Charlie! Each and every one of them!<br />Also very interesting, for instance, your narration how the one with that vintage car evolved from just a small b&w photo.<br /><br />You say that watercolor view, across a wet parking lot at night, seemed to have worked out fairly well. Don't know how understated that statement is. Mr. Reep, your teacher, must have been delighted.<br /><br />By chance, our library, among countless contemporary "How-to-do-watercolor" books, offers one ancient one by Dave Pike. Hardly a single one of these contemporary watercolor authors and artist (or would-be-artists) may equal Dave's mastery, IMO.<br /><br />Your watercolors reminded me of Pike - bet he would have just praised your Fisherman's Warf painting. Me, i enjoy everything there, and very much those subtle color schemes, that sunlight filtrated by some thin cloudlayer. How you rendered that...WOW!<br /><br />Question: All your drawing and painting has a sure touch of its own. What about the final stroke? When to end a picture...when is enough enough? Has this ever been a problem for you?Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-40172902141317512852009-12-04T22:07:34.207-08:002009-12-04T22:07:34.207-08:00Thanks for the interesting comments, as always. H...Thanks for the interesting comments, as always. Harry...not sure of the parallel with markers. Looking back, we were young and 'brave' painting out doors. Tried it when older and later....I'd lost that persistence....a drawing board much easier. Wind, sun, blowing dirt or sand, people and subjects moving, blinding or too little light, water and stuff turned over....the whole nine yards. I've had booze breath and weirdos commenting on those outings. At the pool hall location, one inebriated critic got belligerent. Luckily our group had a guy at least 6'3", or 4". He stood up and the critic was intimidated. But....there was always a freshness and interpretation only achieved by location painting.Charlie Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-32000925286993757292009-12-04T15:35:34.631-08:002009-12-04T15:35:34.631-08:00The ghost town painting looks great! I also enjoy ...The ghost town painting looks great! I also enjoy the train yard and boat paintings.Steve Fastnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550271224882245081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-30839490280172566262009-12-04T13:44:42.798-08:002009-12-04T13:44:42.798-08:00Hi Charlie,
Great stuff, especially the last paint...Hi Charlie,<br />Great stuff, especially the last painting. I used to do a lot of outdoor watercolor painting, my high school art teacher encouraged it. Probably why I enjoyed working with markers so much.<br />HarryHarry Borgmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442891906124199120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064869808377826774.post-4143530632956828942009-12-03T13:10:14.554-08:002009-12-03T13:10:14.554-08:00"BREATHTAKING", thankyou for sharing!"BREATHTAKING", thankyou for sharing!BOBKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512575206162316971noreply@blogger.com